Shoulder....Venting

[Catrin]

Thanks NY Biker! Sadly my shoulders are just plain...shot. One with torn tendons and the other an arthritic hot mess for which there is no fix unless it eventually gets bad enough for a shoulder replacement. As bad as it is now, it will have to get MUCH worse before I even consider that. Then there is the jacked neck and the...you get the picture.

I've always been a fast walker, my usual walking space is roughly 4 mph on the terrain around here. Tempted to fire up the gym membership again, but what would I do there? Only 2 machines that don't hurt on good days and the non-machine work just isn't possible. Why spend the money? Planet Fitness has the only fee structure I could justify, but I am very much against their philosophy. I simply refuse to belong to a gym that has free bagel and pizza nights, and for a couple other reasons.

So I'm trying to sell my kettlebell herd to reduce the temptation. While it's sad, it's also true that even light swing workouts have been causing sacrum and SI joint pain, probably lower back arthritis as well. Why not? It's everywhere else.... sigh.

But I can do Tai Chi, hike, and walk. I will take it! There may be other things that turn up that I can also do.